A validation study of ultrasonic foetal weight estimation models for Hong Kong Chinese singleton pregnancies

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 384-388

  Pang, M W ^a   Leung, T N ^a   Lau, T K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Fetal weight; Infant, newborn; Pregnancy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 10844238086     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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